The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
5:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3251
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.46° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.82° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.